Blackware Vessel with a Relief Depicting a Figure Fighting a Crab

Provenance

B. J. Wassermann-San Blás (born c. 1874), Buenos Aires, by 1938 [Wassermann-San Blás, 1938]; sold to Nathan Cummings (1896–1985), Chicago, 1954; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1957.

Blackware Vessel with a Relief Depicting a Figure Fighting a Crab

Moche

100 BCE–500 CE

Accession Number

199559

Medium

Ceramic and pigment

Dimensions

H.: 22.9 cm (9 in.)

Classification

vessel

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Nathan Cummings